London changes because of money. It’s real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it’s money that changes everything in a city. – David Bailey
I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men. – David Bailey
If something becomes old-fashioned, it was no good to start with. Think about it. Michelangelo is not old-fashioned. – David Bailey
It always amazes me when people ask you to do something and then tell you how to do it. – David Bailey
I don’t think global warming is to do with us, I think it’s a natural circle. I don’t think a few Ferraris make that much difference. – David Bailey
All my ex-girlfriends or wives are all kind of great friends and I’ve never understood somebody who can live with somebody for five or six years and then not like them. – David Bailey
It’s not about composition. It’s the way you feel about how your objects should relate to each other. I’ve got lots of African statues and things, and the cleaner arranges them like soldiers, which drives me mad. So I have to rearrange them, and I must drive her mad, because I’m doing anarchy and she’s doing military manoeuvres. – David Bailey
All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they’re about dead people. Paintings you don’t think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I’m looking at something dead. – David Bailey